James Hobbs lives in Stoke Newington, north London. He went to Winchester School of Art, lived in a camper van for six months as he drew his way around England, worked at magazines and newspapers, and didn't stop drawing. He's written three books: Sketch Your World (2014), Dream, Draw, Design My Garden (2015) and Pen and Ink (2016).James Hobbs lives in Stoke Newington, north London. He went to Winchester School of Art, lived in a camper van for six months as he drew his way around England, worked at magazines and newspapers, and didn't stop drawing. He's written three books: Sketch Your World (2014), Dream, Draw, Design My Garden (2015) and Pen and Ink (2016)....more
I was happy to be invited to select five inspirational books about drawing for Shepherd, the website that's like roaming around your favourite bookshop. Follow this link to the Shepherd site to find the reasons why I chose each one. It's a rich field to choose from and it was hard to select just five: these are the ones that rang my bell the loudest as I chose. In no particular order: